Deceptichum@quokk.au to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoLebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blastswww.aa.com.trexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkLebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blastswww.aa.com.trDeceptichum@quokk.au to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
10-year-old Fatima Jaafar Abdullah was killed in pager explosions in Lebanon. Israel murders another kid again.
minus-squarex00za@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days agoHow would this message trigger the explosive? Taking control of a shipping container, opening all of pagers and adding some explosives is obvious and not too hard for people with that power. Replacing all the chips, or hacking their firmware, is different, and is what I’m asking about. Most bombs that use a phone as the trigger use the speaker for example. But in these pagers that would have already set off loads.
minus-squareWhyFlip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoMay have been done at the source of the manufacturing.
minus-squarex00za@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days agoNot sure that falls under “intercepted”
How would this message trigger the explosive?
Taking control of a shipping container, opening all of pagers and adding some explosives is obvious and not too hard for people with that power.
Replacing all the chips, or hacking their firmware, is different, and is what I’m asking about.
Most bombs that use a phone as the trigger use the speaker for example. But in these pagers that would have already set off loads.
May have been done at the source of the manufacturing.
Not sure that falls under “intercepted”